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Wikipedia article
"'Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)'" is a 1990 novelty song recorded by the French TV presenter and humorist Lagaf'. It was his debut single and achieved success in France.
Background and writing
In one of his sketches, French humorist Vincent Lagaf' (Vincent Rouil), who featured on several TV programs in the 1980s and 1990s, commented on how easy it was to produce a hit single during the house period, as the repetitive music distracts the audience from the words, reduced to a bare and trivial content. As the sketch had a great success, he decided to released it as an unpretentious but ironic single,. built with deliberately very poor lyrics: in the song, Lagaf' explains that, to produce a hit every year, it is enough to barely change the words: the first year, he can sing "il est beau le lavabo" ("the sink is beautiful"), the second year, "il est laid le bidet" ("the bidet is ugly"), and the third year, he mixes both versions. The music uses a sample recorded by Lil Louis from his song "French Kiss", which was released in 1989.
After this unexpected success, Lagaf' released a new single the following year, "La Zoubida", which was even more successful than "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)", as it was number one for 11 weeks."La Zoubida," French Singles Charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lagaf%27&titel=La+zoubida&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved December 26, 2007)
Chart performances
In France, "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" debuted at number 40 of the chart edition of 24 March 1990, then climbed regularly on the chart and eventually reached number one in its 13th week, dislodging Elton John's hit "Sacrifice", but was replaced the next week at this position by Zouk Machine's summer hit "Maldn' (la musique dans la peau)". It cumulated 18 weeks in the top ten and fell off the top 50 after 28 weeks. The single was certified Gold disc by the Syndicat National de l'dition Phonographique, the French certificator, for 400,000 units.. 'Select "Lagaf'" from the drop-down menu and click "OK"'.
On the European Hot 100 Singles, "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" charted for 24 weeks, nine of them in the top 20. It debuted at number 81 on 28 April 1990 and reached number seven in its tenth week of presence.
Formats and track listings
* 'CD single', CD single France (Lagaf' "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)") (accessdate : 2 September 2021).
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" 3:50
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" (bonus) 1:00
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" (forbidden version) 5:00
* '7" single', 7" single France (Lagaf' "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)") (accessdate : 2 September 2021).
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" 3:50
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" (forbidden version) 5:00
* '12" maxi', 12" maxi France (Lagaf' "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)") (accessdate : 2 September 2021).
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" 3:50
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" (bonus) 1:00
# "Bo le lavabo (WC Kiss)" (forbidden version) 5:00
Charts
Peak positions
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
* List of number-one singles of 1990 (France)
References
Category:Novelty songs
Category:1990 debut singles
Category:Lagaf' songs
Category:SNEP Top Singles number-one singles
Category:1990 songs
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